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‘Becoming a waste land where nothing can survive’: resisting state-corporate environmental crime in a ‘forgotten’ place

Meghan G. McDowellJustice & Social Inquiry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 394-411 | Received 07 May 2012, Accepted 15 Oct 2012, Published online: 18 Nov 2013

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Cases cited

  • Mobile Community Council for Progress, INC., v. Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, et al. CV2006-000051. (2006).

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